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ilirhnumu gispatdt. TIirIiSDAY DECEMBER W, 18W. TlfK DISPATCH BUILDIKO IS ON OO VI UXOR HTRKBT, NKAU TO MAIN, AND ffßAftaVW OPPOHITR TIIK OLD I>MPATCH t-ORNKK. LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. The Alexandria Riot, fids affair was not so important as the tele naawweaU have induced the public to be neve. A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun rives the particular* as follows : * .. Chrlstmae day in Alexandria was spent in •, very nolsv, and, in some respect*, riotous manner. A disturbance, originating In the alleged defiant bearing of the negroes, a squad ol whom, early in the day. paraded the streets W ith droves and anna, shouting and asserting their eooaMty with the whites, aroused the in dignation of one or two parties of young men of the town. A fight with the negroes was the resattt One bar-room, frequented only by colored people, was torn out by the whites, I and a pretty smart skirmish was fought, in which tire-arms were used on both sides, and soot* \ cry hard blows administered. Several « h / Unrsena were wounded by tire-arms and beaten, and two negroes are reported killed. A very goodly nnmber on both sides have bruised face*, and bear other evidences of a reneral free tight. Towards afternoon, how ••'..t. aniel wan restored, with the aid of the I 'rutted States troops there stationed, whose assistance was invoked by tho Mayor of the ~-iv. Exaggerated reports have gone abroad hi regard to the matter, magnifying the ex it -in of the conflict and the number of persons killed, but the mortality appears to have been confined to the killing of one negro, and, per haps, th" fatal wounding of another.'' m 1% ihrre any Prospect or a War with France? This question may be bettor answered by W. H Sward Uian by any one else: and he does so, we tain it, in the following editorial article ia the New York Time-it. That paper argues earnestly in declaring: Neither in the message of President John son, ia the diplomatic correspondence of Sec retary Seward, in the War and Navy Depart ment reports, nor in any of the other official documents recently given to the country, do they find the least encouragement given to any one of their schemes, or the least prospect held out of their being treated with anything but reprobation. In treating of our controversies with other Powers, the President was careful to adopt a tone at once vigorous and concilia tory. So far as was necessary, our relations with other Powers were commented upon; but ia regard to none of them was a word used in dicating that any of our controversies were of such a character as to require war or menace I for a solution. He appreciates too profoundly the natural position, necessities and spirit, to speak otherwise : and while the report of the Secretary of War shews the immense amount of military material we have on hand, and the facility with which armies could be raised in caseof emergency, it also shows what energe tic measures of a pacific character have been carried eat." The New York /feast evidently regards the above as Mr. Seward's views ; for it thus -;>< ,iUs of the Mexican question : -3lr. Seward may mean well in his Mexi can diplomacy, but we cannot discharge our mind of the suspicion that he is preparing to compromise American honor in that delicate negotiation. We have an instinctive aversion to the arts of diplomatic intrigue ; and when a Secretary of State shuttles and temporizes, we instantly apprehend some concession dis creditable to the dignity of the nation. "We perform a friendly office for Mr. Se ward when we admonish him that this people will not be trifled with in the Mexican busi ness. The Monroe doctrine is a sacred tradi tion of Amorican*history : and dear to the heart of the nation is "the resolve that the American continent shall be reserved as a theatre for the development of republican in stitutions. If he would consult the security of his own position, and his reputation in his tory as an American statesman, he should at once interpose with some practical exertion of diplomacy to effect an abandonment of Mex ico by the adventurers who have usurped pos sessioa and dominion of that splendid em pire." Washington Item*. THE WniTE HOUSE. It being Cabinet day, visitors kept away from the Executive mansion. Preparations are being made to facilitate the ingress and egress of visitors to the New Years levee. Workmen are engaged preparing a temporary outlet from one of the window's of the East Room, so as to give an easy means of retiring. The covering for the hall carpet is being laid, and the new curtains for the East Room are expected in tune to be suspended by that day. It is to be hoped that relic hunters will leave knives and scissors at home, and not mutilate the now curtains. PESATOR BCRRRR'S ATTACK OX THE PRESIDENT. Several of the New England Republican newspapers disclaim any responsibility for Mr. Stunner's white-washing speech—among them the Hartford Courant, warmly. THE 18871 JOINED. We have the programme announced simul taneously at New York by Mr. Greeley, and at Washington by General Banks, that the coercive power of the Government is to be exercised upon ihe Southern States until they shall concede the elective franchise to the ne f. r ro. We may regard the issue [between these men and President Johnson] as fairly joined after these announcements. Henceforth the policy of conciliation towards the President by Mr. Greeley, and those whom he repre sents, means that conciliation wlfich shall constrain the Pr«sident to abandon the bul warks of the Constitution, for the defence of which he has arrayed himself; and it does not at all mean a conciliation which looks to any abatement of their demands.— Sun. RECONSTRUCTION. The Provisional Governor of Florida will be ordered to surrender his authority to the le "ally constfta ted government of that State when the Legislature meets and acts, if not before. In Florida and Texas only the Presi dent now maintains the provisional govern ment. The government of the latter has not been re-organized, and consequent!}' the pro visional government is retained. THE FENIANS. In Washington, as elsewhere, the recent troubles are injuring the Fenian Societies. several meetings, without results, have lately scan held here. annacf of thieves. Michael Holland and Thomas Collier were arrested for entering the store of Mr. C. Her man. About four hundred dollars' worth of me stolen goods were secured. The prisoners were committed for court. r SENTENCED. lathe Criminal Court, Hy. Hawkins and wiluaai Tyler, convicted to-day of larceny, were each sentenced one year to penitentiary. feorge H. Welger, convicted of petit larceny, MX months to jail. * orricaaa who can't tare the oath. An, ong the oflicers of the Treasury Depart i -nt W ho ure unable to take the oath of ooice are James M. Matthews* collector of l ' n *wias at Tappahannock, Va., and Gordon 'ona, surveyor of customs at Ycocoraico, Va. ajar Annua affair. •olont-i Richard Dunbar was stabbed on' '"••-•lav by James McGuire, formerly his !' r *, who was in turn knocked down by the 1 stand. lacanaea or thk cattle nanoa. The United States Consul, writing to the (l- » Apartment from Manchester, under ,1 ,'* °i •'eceaaher wtb, 1865, says : "Since the •mi u, J'.* a *t dispatch on the subject of the i■)•..• ~ ' l aKll<i the deaths have rapidly in to ii ' *** whole number of cases reported ( «"'• authorities up to the close of last week kiluii ' of tuWM S IMA) died, and 10,700 were "'Hi ? *hpa suffering with the disease. The 4 ,„„, *m_ enem reported last week was nearly in* v '"* e *ect figures are, for the week end- W.r ~v, * r,R ' 2 -*»; for the week ending e*n2rj*a & &** ; for the Wt * k * ndiu * Ye ' nUfOl OF THE MEXICAN WAR. "»• tKC il ma y not **» generally known that «« the ,nu * cannon over the main entrance 'as aooT Z ..* w,,art "»««t were taken from over ■•*• iatb. «. r * c tP*to»» room of the royal pa «»l*r'«lil 8& of ** xk » wh «n tha* city was n-Md,.;.: 1 •?**!* Scott. Tho same palatial °° W " lr<,lli b Y th « Emperor j KKROVAL Or MUHT-SRIPH. I with orders issued by CSom aoui^ u SW> ■Prealdant of Un/Light. 1 ' • teSr th * "fhtreaeeU belonging to the wand Lower Ifcdar Points, iuttfePoto •

mac river, hare been withdrawn from their stations tor the winter. Due notice will be given of their replacement. PARDONS. '* thT om^r^Att tor v***™ at tne omce of the Attorney-General has very nftvVuTiLn 1 Abont nundiSd va XSLf!r«SS fo ? were received thia ?fMr'iS A «*»«ttl»»a. among them that WmS r.i*'. I ™?' «-Unlted States Senator. are M l "* wanted, and I?J? y « a \ of ! hom are t0 citlaens of Texas, the other States having received pardon for most of their people who applied for amnesty. I- I? ft f e yet M v«rnl thousand applications on file, however, many of whloh will not be disposed of for some time. HPEARER COLFAX NOT AN ASPIRANT. Hon. Schuyler Colfax has written a letter to the editor of the Valparaiso (Indiana) Repub lic, saying that he is not a candidate for Uni ted state* Senator, to succeed Mr. Lane If he remains in public life he prefers service in the House. MEXICO. The old story of the failure to elect anew President in Mexico on the 13th of November and the consequent continuance of Juarez in office, is again the theme of newspaper com ment—this time to say that President Juarez and General Ortega have not quarreled, and that the latter will submit gracefully td the determination of the former, and continue, as hitherto, to uphold, in the field and cabinet, the integrity of the Republic. NORTH CAROLINA. The Law condemning free negroes to be sold for certain crimes has been set aside by order of General Crooks, two negroes having lately been convicted under it. The sheriffs have been instructed, by order of the President, not to enforce the collecting or the tax levied by the Constitutional Con vention. This action has been procured by the merchants interested, who had already been taxed for the same purpose by the Fede ral authorities. THE SOUTHERN CONORF.SSMEN.. There is no truth in the report that the Southern members elect held a caucus a few days ago and resolvad to go home and remain there until after the 4th of March next. Most of these Southern Congressmen have gone home to spend the holidays, and intend-re turning in January to prosecute their claims for seats in Congress. From the tone of the leading men in both Houses just before the adjournment, there is reason to believe that the Tennessee Senators and Representatives will be admitted to seats before the Ist of February, and there is good reason to believe that most of the Representatives of the other Southern States will be admitted within a very short time. The opinion is gaining ground that the credentials of the claimants for seats from the Southern States should be referred to the Committee on Elections, and there disused of without the incumbrance and weight of the loads of reconstruction reso lutions offered, and stump-speaking boiled doum yet to bo pn edited by members of Congress.— Qn respondents Warn Turk Times. PROMOTIONS. General T. K. Smith, Colonels J.J. Dana A. H. Perry, C. Card, and Major M. Amosn hate each been promoted by one grade. GOVERNMENT HORSES. The Quartermaster-General has ordered of ficers of that Department ifot lo seize animals bolonging to the Government which, in cer tain Southern States, have been, by due autho rity of military commanders, placed in charge Of farmers aud planters to be recruited and (used for a time in saving the crops in districts •vastated by military operations. •to BE SOLD. It is stated that the Secretary of War has dered the Quartermaster's Department to sell, at public sale, the Government buildings erected during the rebellion for the accommo dation of troops, stores, &c. THE FREEDMK.V IMPROVING. The Chairman of the South Carolina dele- j gation to the President declares his belief that emancipation has already increased the self- j respect of the negroes ; and many very promi- ' neut planters, hitherto successful hi tl eir ' business, are of opinion that the negroes, if i properly paid and well treated, will work un der the new system. JUDGE CATRON'S SUCCESSOR. The question of an appointment io till the vacancy in the United States District Judge ship, occasioned by the death of Judge Catron, having given rjse to recent speculation, it is an opinion that the appointment belongs to the South, and that it will for a time be held in abeyance. RAID TO BE MADE ON MOIi.MO.MSM. Mormonism looms up as the next hobby be fore the country. Old army officers who have served on the plains, and who have been brought in contact with the people of Salt Lake City, are besieging the President with suggestions and plans for the employment of our military force against the Latter Day Saints, in default of an opportunity for their employment against Maximilian and Na poleon . . m [General Augur's order forbidding army offi cers serving in the Department of Washington from visiting the city without permission ; the petitions circuited among non-voters in favor of universal or negro suffrage; the arsenal ex plosion investigating board; the committees remaining in session ; and the North Carolina pardons recently granted ; are again brought up and noticed in the Washington correspond ence of our exchanges. Having published all these items of news already, we shall be ex cused for omitting them this morning.—Dis patdi.] . Danger of Too Much Cotton being Raised. Our readers will share with us the surprise and pleasure with which we read the follow ing paragraphs from the Montgomery, Ala., Ledger. It surely is good news to us to hear that, so far from the cotton crop proving to be a fail ure next year, the only danger against which it is thought necessary to warn the planters is an over-crop. "The mania for greenbacks and the high price that cotton has been lately bringing, we fear will induce the planters of the South to put too much land in cotton next year. The ordinary calculations of prudence and sound reasoning should premonish them against such a policy. Why is it that cotton sells at such enormous prices as now ? Plainly because of its scarcity. And the price will inevitably decline as the production increases. Messrs. Neill, Brothers & Co,, of New Orleans, weU known for the ac curacy of their statistics regarding cotton, es timate tho present stock of cotton in the Uni ted States, old and new crop, at something over two million bales. If this be true, which we do not doubt, a large crop next year, say four million bales, would unquestionably bring down the price to ante-war rates. On the other hand, a crop of half that amount would probably* not materially decrease the price. Would it not, then, be better for the people of the' Sou tit to raise only two million bales, which would bring them as much money in the markets of the world as four millions ? and, in doing this, plant largely in the cereals. With half the.amount of land planted, half the labor, half the yield, and a two-fold price, they would have abundant supplies of food • grain crops, while with a full crop of cot • they would have short home supplies of food and grain crops, and with a small price for the cotton, its proceeds would be consumed in the purchase of necessary supplies. r: A Miraculous Escape—Bishop Rosecran* Shot at and Slightly Wounded.—On Satur day evening last, Bishop Rosecrans (brother of General Rosecrans) left the Cathedral about 9 o'clock for the purpose of going to his home, at the Catholic Seminary, near Sedamsville. He had left orders with his servant to have his carriage at the Cathedral at 10 o'clock, but being ready to go home before that time, con cluded to walk. Just after having passed the track of the O. k M. railroad, on the Sedams ville pike, he was accosted by two men, who demanded his money. He made no reply, but hastened his pace into a run. One of the men then drew a pistol and fired at him, the ball taking effect in the left leg, just above the knee. Even this Mid not stop the Bishop, who suc ceeded hi making good his escape. The wound, upon examination, proved to be merely one of the flesh, and, although painful, is by no means serious. No clue has yet been obtained to the perpetrators of the outrage.—Cincin nati Gazette. Arrival op the Nkebv.—Captaiu W. W. Zimmerman arrived In this city yesterday, from Richmond, having under his care thirty one disabled Confederate soldiers, belonging to the old brigades of Stafford and Hays. They were taken charge of temporarily by the Rev. James Sheeran.— Sew Orleans True Delta, l«f*. A Richmond-hound Schooner Disabled.- From the Baltimore Am we get the following: Schooner Mary A., of Baltimore, (so reported,) from Boston for Richmond, has been towed Into Edgartown by steamer Manohansett.

Una. J. lW HV Carry TheSelma(Ab) Messenger h*s theaubjolned remarks concerning this distinguished gentle man, who la well known to the whole country, and especially to the Richmond people: " We learn with sincere pleasure that this re spected gentleman, has aasnmed the duties of the Presidency ottKoward College, at Marion, Alabama. ■ "As a citisen, Mr. Curry has ever stood high in his community. As a member of Con- ' areas, and in all his public career as a politician. he was able, incorruptible and patriotic. And now, as a minister pf the Gospel and andnstruc- ! tor of youth, we may expect to see his brilliant, talents and eminent virtues employed more 1 directly than before in the service of his conn try . It is one of the advantages of revolutions, that while they overthrow and destroy many fictitious reputations, they only serve to bring the labors of the pure and the good into more direct subservience to the wants of their fel low-men. Had we been successful in gaining the independence of our country, many able men won Id have been swallowed up in the vortex of public life who wiU now spend their exalted abilities in preparing another genera-' tlbn for a better life. Of this number we may safely say are General Robert E. Lee and the Hon. J. L. M. Curry." A Dehperatr Encounter witb a Bcrular.— On Saturday night, Mr. Francis Smith, a pro ! vision dealer of New York, was robbed and j I shot by a burglar, who, with blackened face and disguise, entered his dwelling, tore the clothing from the bed in which the merchant and his wife slept, and secured a package of money, containing one thousand two hundred and twenty dollars, with which he was escap ing when Mr. Smith seized hold of him, and a deadly straggle ensued. Both men tusseled with the utmost desperation, and at a moment when Mr. Smith, by a hercnlean effort, suc ceeded in raising the ruffian from his feet, the latter drew a revolver and discharged three barrels of it at him in rapid succession, two bullets taking effect in. the body. Thus disa bled, Smith sank upon the floor, whilst his as sailant, with extraordinary agility, sprang out of the window, reached a piazza or shed, and then jumped a distance of some fifteen or twenty feet, and escaped. Mr. Smith's con dition is considered very critical. i Terrible Explosion—Five Children Killed-nd Two Men Scalded.—The Peoria Transcript learns from the route agent on the Toledo, Peoria and Western railroad that the boiler attached to the foundry and ma chine shop owned by Charles Knowlton, at Logansport, Ind., exploded on the 15th in stant, instantly killing five children and bad ly scalding two of the employees of the shop, named Wilkinson and Edgington. The boiler was blown eighty-three yards from the founda tion, and totally wrecked the building. Three • of the children killed belonged to the engineer of the shop. They were warming themselves by the furnace at the time of the explosion. One of them was thrown across the street against a stone building and badly mutilated ; another was thrown across the canal, and a third was found in the middle of the street. ' Bloody Settlement of ax Old Feud is j Jackson Countt, Florida.—A serious shoot -1 ing affair occurred at Neely's store, in Jack- | son county, on Wednesday, 29th alt. The par ties concerned were two men by the name of j Williams, and one named Clare, on one side, and two Hams, father and son, on the other. I j The cause was an old fend existing for some j ; time. For the purpose of settlement they met | I at the precinct on election day, armed with ri- j ! ties and double-barreled guns. At the first fire, ! one of the Williams was killed, and Ham, Sr., ' firing at the other brother, Newton Williams, I missed his aim, the ball unfortunately taking ; effect in the body of a Baptist preacher, named j Grantham, and indicting what is believed to be a mortal wound. Meanwhile, the younger , Ham was shot down, and his father, standing I over him, defended his body with a clubbed, j but empty gun. While thus engaged, Newton i Williams approached, and firing one barrel i j with fatal effect, into the breast of the father, ! I turned and discharged the other through the i head of the prostrate and disabled son. This I ended the difficulty. Newton "Williams re mained on the ground nearly all the day, as sisted in the burial of his brother, and defied arrest. Next day, Captain Rawn, of the Seventh Infantry, in command at Mariauna, with a file of men, proceeded to the spot, and arrested Williams at his own house. Clare, at last ac counts, was still at large.— Quincy Ctmmon w* a lift. Arson and Attempt to Kill, in South ampton County.—Last Thursday night there was a daring attempt to kill Mr. Edward Cloyd, a respectable citizen, residing in the vicinity of Branchville. Some unknown per sons went to his house in the night, during his absence, and set fire to his stable. It was soon discovered by the servants on the premises, one of whom ran out in order to put out the fire and save the building. He was fired on, and deemed it prudent to return to his quar ters. Another then went out, and he was also fired on by the depredators. Neither, however, sustained any injury, the balls having missed I their marks. It is surmised by the neighbors ! that it was the intention of the desperadoes to kill Mr. Cloyd. Both of his horses were lost. I We advise the citizens of Southampton to hold a public meeting, and send a committee to Richmond, to Governor Peirpoint, and re quest that they be permitted to raise a com pany of one hundred men, or more if neces sary, for the purpose of protecting themselves against a repetition of such outrages.—Nor folk Virginian. y' Riot in Portsmouth.—-Our sister city, Portsmouth, was the scene of a serious riot on Christmas morning about 10 o'clock. The fight commenced on the corner of Crawford and High streets, between a lot of white boys and the colored people. Stones, brick and missiles darkened the air, and several persons were seriously injured. After awhile, the row became general, and fire-arms were used freely. A boy by the name of Richard Done gan was shot through the left breast with a pistol ball, and a man named Duffy was shot in the arm.. Officer Harrison, of the police, was hit with a brick, and a negro man, said to be the ringleader in the riot on the part of the colored people, was shot severely in several j plaoes. At last accounts there was no hope for his recovery. The riot was suppressed by the military and city police. A number of colored men were arrested by the military for persistently refusing to leave the street. It was rumOred that several persons were killed, but we could not trace further inform ation than that given above, which can he relied upon as correct.— St,rfolh Post. Niuht Police Assaulted by Neoroes.—On Sunday night, officers John Murphy, Baker Ward and Thomas Smith were called up by T. It. Page, colored man, who keeps a grocery on the corner of Upper-Union and Bute streets, to take a negro out of his store, for disturbing the peace. Officer Smith entered the store and took the man out, and just at the corner of Union street he broke loose from officer Smith and took leg bail out Upper-Union street, the officer after him. The negro jumped a fence, but the officer kept on his trail. Officers Ward and Murphy followed out Union street and cut through an alley to cut the man off from Hawk street. When the officers got into the alley, they found they were flanked on both sides by a gang of negroes, armed with clubs and brickbats, and in attempting to fight their way out the narrow alley, were knocked down and both beat senseless. The alarm soon spread that the niggers had "riz," whereupon the old United, under Captain Lakin, turned out about forty mem bers, and offered their services to assist the police in quelling any disturbance. Officers Boufanti and Merchant were at the scene of action, but tne perpetrators of the assault upon Ward and Murphy had " took out/ They will all be arrested and turned over to the Freedmen's Court for trial. Ward and Murphy are doing weU.— Sorfulk Day Book. Oil Wells ir Tennessee—Oil Reached at Twelve Feet, in Franrlin Copnty.—We yes terday met General Milroy, from whom we learn that a company had been boring for oil on Marrowbone creek, about twenty-five miles from this city, and that they had "struck ile " in large quantities at a distance of three hundred and seventy-two feet. The well is a flowing one, and the parties are almost insane with their success. We did not ascertain the number of barrels per day which come from the well, but the quantity was large. Another company "struck He" at a distance of twelve and a half feet, on Rock creek, in Franklin county, a day or two since, and others are boring in tha vicinity. There appears to be no end to the oil in this State, and now that It is no longer encumbered by slavery, its mineral resources will be developed until it will be the richest section of the Union.— Sash ville Union. New Lirr or Steamers —Two new propel lers, the P. V. Brady and A. Brearly, have been put upon the route between Baltimore and Petersburg, designing to make weekly trips, leaving each end of the route every Sa turday. Baltimore seems to appreciate the im portance of encouraging trade with the South, md the business men of that cjtjr latent freely la providing means of transportation. I

A Orators Law CUan f* Phases.—Neat I tee the decision ot the First Chamber, which arlons in its way. A rich publican has a ,to whom he is devotedly attached. The ia, however, consumptive, and tenderly ched by the father, who gives np his trade evote himself entirely to the patient. In middle of the night of 2d of October, the ng men, seised with a sudden paroxysm, ires before the father can call for assistance, tho latter, overcome by grief and terror, a dead by his side, having ruptured a ves it the heart. Who shall say which of the died first, the father or the son 7 le question would be of no Importance to widow, but there ia a certain oyster girl nglng to the establishment who brings yard her claim, as mother of the natural d belonging to the young man, and duly I gniaed by him, to the whole of the fortune ' by the father. Thereupon loud and long i mltatlons are held among the members of family. The case Is worth consideration, ; property left being over £30,000. If Le- ' re the elder died first, the younger Lef re wan his heir: if the younger died first, could have succeeded to the property, •! eh must then be shared with the' widow j *etre and her second son. The supposition l ac doctors, for no proof, possibly given, i nnded on medical experience, and declares I probability to be in favor of the prior h of the father, who, seized with horror at ! tight of his dying son,ruptured a vessel in ! act of calling for help, and died suddenly, while the younger patient, who had been ill, I was most likely, for some time, in the agonies ! of death. The consequence was, a decision in favor of the illegitimate child, who thus be eosnea flgst heir to the property, while the widow Lefretre is compelled to accept the por- Hon which the law allows her. The trial was j curious for the ingenuity of argument dis played by the lawyers'orPboth sides, and for the depth of reasoning exhibited by the learned doctors. It will reckon among the remarkable trials of the day, and serve as precedent to other cases of the kind. The death of the mother and infant in child-birth has often given cause for inquiry of this nature, but this is the first time that the case of father and son has been brought before the tribunals. II Utter. RTrßnx Redivivus.— The romantic days ! ck Turpin, Claude Duval and others of ilk are being revived on the Pacific coast, and highway robbery is of frequent occur rence. A few weeks since a stage was stopped about one mile from Virginia City, Nevada, according to the old rules of the road. An obstruction was placed on the highway, and ! as the stage came up, the postillion received orders to "halt." He did so; a cocked mus-i ket was pointed at his head; and others of the j gang made the passengers get out and stand in I a row on the wayside. Men kept guard over them with loaded pistols, while others re- i lieved them of watches, money and other va- : luables. The thieves got about fifteen thou- j sand dollars in cash, besides six gold watches j and several diamond jewels. A lady in the coach was. not molested, for the leader of the j gang said he would " scorn to rob a woman." Wells, Fargo & Co.'s express was robbed ; the bullion was thrown away but the coin was ! appropriated. After the.rascals had got all that was to be ''■ had, the stage was allowed to proceed on its j journey. One of the men robbed was a Bos ton merchant, who was out in Nevada on business. He will doubtless think it a rough j country. From various parts of the State, too, we hear stories of men being robbed by highwaymen. In the southern portion of the State there have been gangs of these knights of the road roaming about, committing all sorts of depredations. They defy the anthori- 1 ties, for, mounted on good horses, that have been stolen, they can swoop down on the i highways, do what they wish, and get back to their mountain retreats before the officers can start after them. One of the most noto rious desperadoes that has been in this j State since the days of Joaquin—his name was j Henry—was recently killed in San Bernardino j county. He was a bloody monster, and had i murdered a great many men in California. A sheriff's posse caught him by strategy, and dispatched him without any ceremony. — A Si.vori.AK Divorce and Bioamy Case.—A i singular divorce and bigamy case has receutly i occurred in California. A man, named John B. Robinson, formerly a banker, had tried to get a divorce from his wife, Kate, in a San ! Francisco court. Not succeeding, he sent a written statement of his case to a Salt Lake court. Without hearing any evidence, with out any publication of the matter being had, j withoutcither party to the suit being within '• one thousand miles of Salt Lake at any time during the pendency of the suit, the Probate Ooart over there granted the divorce. Robin son married a woman named Laura Hatch, in this place, when he got the divorce. His first wife was living at Georgetown, D. C, wheii the second marriage took place. She went oat there and had Robinson arrested for bigamy. An examining magistrate dismissed thecom plaint on the ground that Robinson thought ho was doing no wrong. Robinson, however, i is not yet clear of the meshes of the law.— j The Grand Jury will have the matter before them at their next sitting. If the courts sus tain a divorce granted in ibis manner, there! will be nothing binding in the marriage rcla- i tion, and discontented husbands and wives can ! get rid of each other without the least difi culty and at trifling expense. If tho laws of the State in which they reside happen to be too stringent, they have only to write to Brig ham Young's courts that they wish a divorce, and the divorce is forthcoming as soon as it I can be transmitted. - j New Oklean< Looking Civ—A New Orleans letter says ; "Since I last saw it, in April last, the Crc aoent City has prospered greatly. Then, the principal streets were half filled with vehicles, ! the majority of which were ornamental; now, they are three-fourths filled with vehicles i which are chiefly useful. Then, there wore '' plenty of single rooms to let in all the hotels, and plenty more not occupied ; now, there are three new hotels, aud no single room to be got in any of them. Then, there were steamboats at her wharves from the Mississippi and Ohip i alone; now, they are crowded with boats j from the Red, the Arkansas, the Yazoo, and other rivers and bayous too numerous to j mention. Then, she had two regular, lines of i ocean steamers; now, there are seven, em- • ploying from three to nine steamers each. Yesterday, (I choose at random,) nineteen steam vessels cleared from her wharves, two of them being ocean steamers. Besides these, there was a large number of sailing vessels, j and many others, both steam and sailing, from ! Lakeport and Hickoxs Landing, on Lake Pontch art rain, of which I take no account. The advertisements of steam and sailing yes- j sels that are U> leave the city within five days I fill six closely-printed columns in the daily I Picayune. The number of steamships in port this morning is fifteen ; the number of ships, nineteen, besides small vessels and river steam boats innumerable. For two miles and a halt* on one side of " the Father of Waters" the ) banks are thickly lined with boats, that cans- | lessly agitate his myriad tributaries, and with ships that go down to the great deep, and their mast-heads are brilliant with the streaming ensigns of many nations." A Scrap for the Historian—While Gene- \ ral Butler is writing his reply to General I Grant, let him not forget to insert a conversa tion between himself and an able ofllcer which is not unknown in army circles. • An expedition was planned against Rich mond. Butler observed to the proposed leader, I "You must leave nothing of Richmond." "Do you mean, seriously, destroy the city T" "Yes, ! and have the ground plowed up." The officer addressed replied, "I am not the man for the j expedition." "Yes, you are : you are just the man." "There must be, according to num. bers, at least one thousand children, one thou sand aged aud decrepit persons, and one thousand women big with child. These help less persons must all perish if I fire the city, and, setting aside all promptings of humanity, I do not care to go down to posterity with j that load of infamy upon me." •• Better go down that way than not go at all." "Baby" Bates, the biggest man out of won, left this place for his home, on Big Sandy, on Wednesday Last. He is twenty eight years old, seven feet high, weighs three hundred aud fourteen pounds, and has a foot ! fourteen inches long. He was in the Confede- I rate service during the war, and although as easy to hit as a barn door, escaped, we believe, ' without a scratch. — Virginian. Abingdon, Va. The child of Watchman Miller was-accident ally shot on Christmas morning, by a little ne- j gro boy, with a pistol. The little darkey was j almost frightened to death at the horror of be ing hung. The wound of the child, though serious, is not considered dangerous.— Sorfolk May Book. v William H. McOa«erty, Esq., Superintend ent of the Orange and Alexandria railroad, has resigned. It is also said that the road on the parr of the State of Virginia is to pass into new hands. General Curtis addressed the freedmen of Lynchburg last Sunday night, giving them the nana! good advice whlchthat class so per sistently refuse *o act upon. ,

| ASSOCIATED PKIM PIBPATCHIfI. . j General Grant's Visit to the ftle Cfraaae \ Pareen Warranto - Rtcepdan, ay Frtajasnt Jebnssn, er General Talgar, Minister Arena I Celnaaein. Wasrir«*tor, December 27.~1t has been | stated that General Grant Is about to visit the ; Rio Grande. This is not true, however, as he ! will not extend his visit beyond New Orleans, j i • For the llrst time since the surrender of Lee's j army, no pardon warrants were issued by the j Attorney-General to-day. Very few appllca j tions are now presented. The President is en ergetically engaged -Hi disposing of all cases. General Talgarwas to-day received by the ! | President as Minister from Columbia. He i stated that his Government was solicitous to j j foster and encourage friendly relations, bind j ing it to the United States. "The President re ! clprocated the expressions of friendship by him I expressed. _ | I Arrival or the Steamship City ef Washington. j from Liverpool. Nkw Yorr, December 27—The steamship i City of Washington, from Liverpool 13th mi i stan t and Queenstowu 14th, has arrived. The 1 following is a summary of the general news: Governor Eyre, of Jamaica, has been sus- i peuded from the exercise of his functions i I pending the official inquiry into the recent in- : | surrection, and Sir Henry Slorr has been ap- ; I pointed, temporarily, in his place. At the Fenian Court, on the 12th instant, j Q'Donnovan occupied the whole day in his own defence. He was insolent, and sought to | exhaust the Court. A letter received in Liverpool confirms the | statement that Stephens, the Fenian Head j Centre, is in Paris. The London Observer says that Napoleon is apprehensive that Maximilian will follow his Empress to Europe, and has prevailed upon the Mexican Minister at Paris to proceed to Mexico and endeavor to dissuade Maximilian I from abdicating. * j • Loxnow, December 14.—ODonnovan was ! convicted of Feniahism and sentenced to penal | servitude for life. <" Piracy is increasing to an alarming extent in 1 China. It'is reported that France has given England j six months' notice to terminate the existing I treaty, because of the strict formalities re -1 quired before French offenders are given up. COMMERCIAL AXO FINANCIAL. ' Liverpool, December 13.—Cotton—the sales lof three days, including "Wednesday, were j j 37,000 bales, of which 13,000 were to specula ; tors and exporters. The market manifested a j strong upward tendency. American is %d. | dearer ahace Friday. Flour is inactive and prices unchanged. Wheat in limited demand. Corn flat, in some instances 3d. lower. Lard and produce quiet—prices unchanged.

Southern Immigrants in Brazil. t Nv.w York, December 26.—Information from ! Brazil has been received that the American : immigrants, chiefly Southerners, represented |by Colonel Wood, have selected a site for a i town near Ragnora. There is expected a flow !of immigration from the late Confederate ' States. The Steamship Idaho Ashore at Barnegat. New York, December 27.—The steamship | Idaho, hence for Mobile, is ashore at Barne i gat, full of water. The crew landed safely. i With favorable weather, part of the cargo j will be saved. : Fighting Between the Indians aud Whites in Arizona. Sax Francisco, December 26.—Advices from ' Arizona represent constant fighting there be- J tween the Indians and whites. Twenty-eight ; soldiers sent out Ist November are missing. i New York Markets. New York, December 27.—Flour has ad f vanced o@lOc. ; Southern, *9@*lj 23. Wheat j and corn firm. Beef quiet. Pork steady. Lard j firm. Whisky dull at #2.28. Cotton firm; ; sales 16,000 bales at 30c.@32c. Sugar and coffee j steady. Naval stores dull. Gold, 145*. Baltimore, December 27.—Flour quiet; ; Howard StreettSuperfiue, $S.62@S. 73. Wheat— | receipts limited. Corn and provisions dull. I | Seeds and oats steady. Whisky very dull at : *2.30.

INTELLIGENCE. MINiATtfEE ALMANAC-Decerrkr 2>S 1865. j Sun rises 7 171 Moon sets, morn.... 3 00 S "" _&_••••-■'•••• jj gj High water 101 PORT OF RICHMOND, DecemherVv, lWs. ~ ARRIVED. i Steamer Lady Lang, Blanchard, Washington, i Government ordnance. | Steamer Exchange, Young, Fortress Monroe, ; Oovernment ordnance. ; Steamer M. Martin, Livingston, Norfolk, United ! Mates mail, merchandise and passengers, Ha»kins ; k Briugford. j SAILED. Steamer City of Kichmond, Stranahan, Norfolk. United States mail, merchandise and passengers, I Haskins k Bridgford. -■—-,— Steamer O. B. If atchins. Guv, City Point. seams*- I j ers in tow, Virginia Towing cTompanv. i Steamer Norfolk, Vance, Philadelphia, ruer- r | chandise and passengers, K. H. Dibrell. ! .Steamer Exchange, Young, Fortress Monroe, I • Government orders. Schooner Elite, Woolford, Baltlatore, mcrc-han- ! ■ awe, A. Millspaugh. MKMORA.VDCM. 1 Reported, through the agents, that the SChosSMMJ : Mary A, from Boston, with assorted cargo, bound for this port, was towed by the steamer 3fonohasset I into Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, one hundred : and fifty miles from Boston. No further particu- I lars were learned by the agents. 1 B^n *«MHßaaianHM aHHaß^BHHMMM ,^__

DENTISTRY. D'k. JOHN —— * SURGEON DENTIST, | (fpr many years associated with Dr. John G. I Wayt.) would respectfully inform his old patrons, j and all others who may need his services, that in | consequence of the destruction of his office by the great Ore, he has opened an office at his residence, lon Fourth street, between Broad and Marshall. | where he can be found at all hours. Artificial i Teeth inserted on gold, silver and vulcanite. The j highest price paid for old Geld Plate. j dv27—«m DR. GEORGE B. STEEL, DENTAL SURGEON. (Office on Main, between Seventh and Eighth streets, Aye doors above Spotswood Hotel.) RICHMOND, VA., thankful for the liberal patronage bestowed iipon him in the past, respectfully informs his | mends and the public that he can still be found at ! his old stand, prepared with every facility to per form all operations in DENTISTRY uj-il'untly and iin the best manner. ARTlnotau i*.. H inserted i upon GOLD, SILVER or VULCANITE. de tl-lm GEORGE B. STEEL v Dentlst. HPHB NATIONAL EXPRESS AND A TRANSPORTATION COMPANY.-One-third of the capital stock of this Company having been K&fflW-JE - ONE »UM>RED THOUSAND I DOLLARS of the same having been paid up, the undersigned call for a general meeting of the ; Stockholders of said Company, for the purpose of ! effecting an organization under the amended ; charter, to beheld at Richmond, Va, onTURH i DAY, the 16th of January, IMS. A full attendance U desired. J. B. JOHNSTON, CHARLES W. PURCELL. L. W. GLAZEBROOK. WO. HARM AN. _ v 1 HUGH W. SHEFFEY. Ri< umo.su, December is, ia«S. " FORM OF PROXY. Know all men by these preaente. That the sub scriber, being stockholder In the NATIONAL EX PRESS COMPANY, do hereby constitute aad ap poiut i , true and lawful attorney and proxy, to represent each of us in all general meeting* of the stockholders of said Company held within six months from and after date thereof, when we are not personally preaeut or-represented by some other prosy, wRh fall power and authority, at •neb general meeting., to give such vote orvoW and to de such other act or acts, as sash of us could glvsordoaaa we wire •onirm wbaU ; ver vote or votes, set or acts, oar said SSSESW* &s!*?* !*!• er do- for as la parsa- ofthe authority hsieby.ecsu*arred upon hint. I Witness nans and seal this dayof . one thousand «i c ht hundred aad -T* fasti: _. fsiAi..] dsl»-tdm r *

Etm*&pmQ,ißm».' --oH*B9»tj«a»wiirT i«l»€T. . J?** l J 4ct< — Onsxiai "imn Trio to the Bio n ~, fUn^sa/jAr ■■!■#■■■ «kiatnn |fcg ajgafj ajt. • The Secretary of the Treasury v preparm* bills in conformity with his jreconuasadathms to Congress, which he will aeon sand to tho Waya and Means Committee for their ana sideration. A paragraph from Washington, published in n paper of yesterday morning, states that General Grant will sail immediately after the holidays, In the flagship of the Gulf squadron, i for the Rio Grande, and that Commodore j Wlnslow has nailed in tho Champion, via Now | Orleans, leaving his flagship behind for the ' General. This is one of a class of a paragraphs sent from here from time to time, which, taken to gether, are intended to create aa impression ; that the Lieu tenant-General intends to go at once to the Rio Grande, with special reference to Mexican difficulties, and an ulterior purpose of driving Maximilian from Mexico. We have the best authority -Hr shying that General Grant does not expect to leave hero j until he has progressed further in his work of ; re-organizing the army and decreasing it to a i peace basis. Secretary Stanton, in his reply to a resotn ' tion of the Senate requesting him to report whether any person was employed by the War i Department who has not taken the oath pre scribed by act of Congress, says: '* None hare been employed except those who were appoint ed Provisional Governors of States recently, who have received compensation for services to the United States Government, out of the con tingent fund of the war debt, at the same rate allowed to A. Johnson, Military Governor of Tennessee, under appointment March 23d* 1862, viz: at the rate of three thousand dollars per annum, to wit: W. W. Holden, Provisional Governor of North Caro lina, one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. B. F. Perry, Provisional Governor of South Carolina, seven hundred and fifty dollars. Lewis E. Parsons, Provisional Go vernor of Alabama, one thousand dollars. James Johnson, Provisional Governor of Georgia, one thousand dollars." And in re ply to inquiry, whether any person was fill ing office not authorized by law, says that, In August last, an office was organised in the Adjutant-General's Bureau forthe collection, safe-keeping and preservation of Confederate archives, and Dr. Francis Lieber was ap pointed chief of that Bureau. The reason of this appointment was the necessity of having archives collected by a publicist of known character and reputation, in order that they might be available to good, without de lay . He has received the sum of two hundred and forty-one thousand seven hundred, and eighty-four dollars, out of provost funda in charge of Adjutant-General. It was his expectation that if this appointment should be considered one not authorized by any exist ing law, its obvious necessity would be sanc tioned by Congress. No other appointment has been made not authorized by existing law, and this is believed to be within the scope of authority for appointments in the War De partment.

The Riot in Alexandria. WasarnoresT, December 27.—The enemies of the colored people yesterday circulated a re iwrt of a negro riot in Alexandria on Christ mas day. The exact facts have now been as certained, and it proves that a number of ex- Confederate soldiers paraded the streets, hur rahing for Jeff. Davis and General Lee. They then proceeded to attack such negroes as came in their way, and, but for the intervention of the military, scenes similar to those in the New York drafting riot would have ensued. [Two other dispatches concerning this riot accompanied the above ; but inasmuch as we have the facts already In our news column, as given by the Washington papers, we deem it unnecessary to re-publish the sensation stories of the correspondent of the New York Tri bune.] Cotton Market at Savannah, Ga. New Yorr, December 27.—The steamer Leo, from Savannah on the 23d instant, via Port Royal, arrived at this port this morning. The Savannah Herald reports the cotton market as unchanged at 48@49 cents for middlings, with a stock of 10,000 bales in port. All the rivers are now in good boating condition to the in terior. \>w York Markets. New Yorr, December 26.—Stocks lower- Chicago and Rock Island, 106? i ; Cumberland Preferred, 43 ; Illinois Central, 132; Michigan Southern, 73 H ; New York Central, 95; Read ing, 106)4 ; Hudson, 108; Virginia tf's, 71; Mis souri 6's, 78; Erie, 03; Tennessee 6's, 90; One- Year Certificates, 98 ; Treasury 7-30's, 98* ; 10-<4o's and 5-20's, 103 X ; Coupon 6's, 10754: Gold, 143*4. HOTELS AND BOARDING-HOUSES. npHB AMELIA HOUSR—The AME JL LI A HOUSE, on Grace street, between Seventh and Eighth, is now open and rea.lv for the recep tion of boarders— permanent, transient and table. The proprietress in jn*t from the country, and all who patronize her may rely on good country fare The locality will al«o make it convenient for the members of the Legislature. She has also some very fine ROOMS FOR RENT, de 21_lw* CORNELIA LITTLEPAfII.

POWHATAN HOTEL, ooanaa Ei.kvrrth ard Broad strrbts, (near the Capitol.) RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. GEORGE J. SCAMMELL, PsoraißToa. This HOUSE, having been put In thorough re pair and re-furnished in the iu<*t complete style, is prepared to receive guests. The accommodations are FIRST CLASS, aud guests can rely upon and ing in the POWHATAN the comfort* of home, with all the luxuries of a hotel of the character it claim* to possess. ds 11 lm FAYETTEVILLE (N. C.) MILITARY ACADEMY.—The exercises of this Institution have been resumed without the military feat are, and an additional number of pupils will be re ceived for the balance of the session, which will terminate twenty-six weeks from the let of Janua ry, 18*5. The discipline and course of Instruction j will be the same as fn similar schools, with the ex ception of a thorough course in the Ancient Lan- I Kuages, embracing Latin and Greek composition. | In Surveying and Engineering the instruction will ibe both theoretical and practical. Arrangement* I will be made at an early-day to secure a complete I set of Chemical and Philosophical Apparatus. So , pains or expense will be spared to make tola one of the best schools In the country. The buildings are located on Haymoniit. which overlooks the town of FayeUevllle, and which la remarkable for tho healthiness of the location, the beauty of the scene ry, aud the intelligence, reflnement, and high moral character of the people. There m alstoat daily connection between Wilmington and Fay ettuville by steamboat, aud thht is suggested as the beat route to the latter place from almost any quar ter, studeuto will be received at any time, and will »>e charged from the date of entrance, though It will be best to enter about the erst of January-. ! l*M. ' j TKRRH FOR TWCRTY-SIX WBKRM rROS IST JAXCART, I*M, PATABJ.R |R APVARCB ! Tuition 8 IS ISoard and lodging 39* Washing, fuel and lights *» Application for admission roust be addressed to Major WILLIAM A. BANKS. de 21—tlJa Saperlf pd»m A LMANACB, ALMANACS.-R I e>- J\ ardaen'a Virginia and North Carolina ALMA NACB. at publisher** (TRM n JAFONICA VIAJWEBS AND FRUIT TREES.-I have for sale a good •£•* JAFONICA FLOWgRS. kJ__J m ____?___ ORNAMENTAL TBM», ds "-*» _Wenthaaa real BlaisntanTTa» r^__i^^^ f